1887 Harvard Crimson football team

1887 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumJarvis Field
1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   9 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 0 – 0
  –   10 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 0
Williams   –   3 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 7 – 0
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   4 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bucknell   –   0 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   0 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   0 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1887 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1887 college football season. They finished with a 10–1 record. In the first 10 games of the season, the Crimson outscored opponents 652 to 6.[1][2] The sole loss came in the final game on November 24, 1887, a 17-8 loss against Yale in New York, New York.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at Tufts Medford, MAW 86–0
October 12at Phillips Exeter Exeter, NHW 68–0
October 15 MITW 62–0
October 19 Williams
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 52–6
October 22 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 98–0
October 26 Tufts
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 68–0
October 29 Phillips Exeter
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 54–0
November 5 Wesleyan
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 110–0[4]
November 12 Princeton
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 12–0[5]
November 19 Penn
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 42–0[6]
November 242:00 p.m.vs. Yale L 8–1715,000[3]

References

  1. ^ "1887 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Yale Outplays Harvard". The New York Times. November 25, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Harvard Vs. Wesleyan". The Sun. November 6, 1887. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Harvard Winning At Football". New York Daily Tribune. November 13, 1887. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Foot-Ball At Cambridge". The Times (Philadelphia). November 20, 1887. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.